Process length variation in cysts of a dinoflagellate, Lingulodinium machaerophorum, in surface sediments: Investigating its potential as salinity proxy

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 54-69

  Mertens, Kenneth N ^a   Ribeiro, Sofia ^b,x   Bouimetarhan, Ilham ^c   Caner, Hulya ^d   Combourieu Nebout, Nathalie ^e   Dale, Barrie ^f   De Vernal, Anne ^g   Ellegaard, Marianne ^b   Filipova, Mariana ^h   Godhe, Anna ⁱ   Goubert, Evelyne ^j   Grøsfjeld, Kari ^k   Holzwarth, Ulrike ^c   Kotthoff, Ulrich ^l   Leroy, Suzanne A G ^m   Londeix, Laurent ⁿ   Marret, Fabienne ^o   Matsuoka, Kazumi ^p   Mudie, Peta J ^q   Naudts, Lieven ^a   Peña Manjarrez, José Luis ^r   Persson, Agneta ⁱ   Popescu, Speranta Maria ^s   Pospelova, Vera ^t   Sangiorgi, Francesca ^u   van der Meer, Marcel T J ^v   Vink, Annemiek ^w   Zonneveld, Karin A F ^c   Vercauteren, Dries ^a   Vlassenbroeck, Jelle ^a   Louwye, Stephen ^a   more..

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h Museum of Natural History   (Bulgaria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^k Geologikal Survey of Norway   (Norway)

^l GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^p Institute for East China Sea Research (ECSER)   (Japan)

^q GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^r Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos del Mar No 11 Km 6 5 carretera Ensenada Tijuana   (Mexico)

^s UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^u UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^v ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^w FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^x LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

Biometry; Dinoflagellate cysts; Lingulodinium machaerophorum; Lingulodinium polyedrum; Palaeosalinity; Processes

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; MESOZOIC; PALEOSALINITY; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERTIARY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

DINOPHYCEAE; LINGULODINIUM MACHAEROPHORUM; LINGULODINIUM POLYEDRUM;

EID: 58149466194     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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